Australian Open

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With a chance to match history at the home of golf, Jordan Spieth is trying to make the British Open feel like just another event. That might be one of his toughest challenges at St. Andrews. Ben Hogan in 1953 is the only other player to capture the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. Only three players since then — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — have ever come to Scotland with hopes of a Grand Slam. Spieth's news conference attracted a full house Wednesday, creating an atmosphere normally reserved only for Woods and Rory McIlroy. The 21-year-old Texan is the main attraction at St. Andrews, especially with...

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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With a chance to match history at the home of golf, Jordan Spieth is trying to make the British Open feel like just another event. That might be one of his toughest challenges at St. Andrews. Ben Hogan in 1953 is the only other...

LONDON — It's more obvious than ever that Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have really distanced themselves from the rest of the elite in tennis.Not just because they were the ones who got to dress up and attend the Wimbledon champions' dinner Sunday...

LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams' latest Grand Slam match against Victoria Azarenka ended the same way as the previous nine — with Williams walking off as the winner.
The top-ranked Williams fought back from a set down Tuesday to beat Azarenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-3...

LONDON (AP) — While most eyes were on the Williams sisters, CoCo Vandeweghe and Madison Keys quietly showed there are more American players to pay attention to at Wimbledon.
Vandeweghe and Keys both reached the quarterfinals for the first time at the All...

LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams knew she had to do something — fast.
Down 3-1 to a qualifier on the first day of Wimbledon, the top-ranked player was not about to drop the opening set as she did four times during her run to the French Open title.
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Varvara Lepchenko is feeling positive, she's feeling healthy and she's hoping that will pay off with positively healthy results at Wimbledon.
Lepchenko, who has a home in Upper Macungie, opens the world's oldest tennis tournament as a first-round...

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal's 39-match French Open winning streak, beating the nine-time champion in a surprisingly lopsided quarterfinal 7-5, 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday.
It is only the second defeat for Nadal in 72 career matches at Roland...

PARIS (AP) — In stark contrast to her previous three matches, top-ranked Serena Williams overpowered Sara Errani on Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals with a 6-1, 6-3 win.
A two-time champion in Paris, Williams extended her unbeaten record...

The tennis equivalent of climbing three mountains, just to reach the Roland Garros final. Never have the obstacles loomed so large between Rafael Nadal and another trophy on the red clay of Paris. The draw Friday could hardly have been more unkind for the...

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SERENA"S BID FOR 20:
The very day that Serena Williams won this year's Australian Open for her 19th Grand Slam championship, she was thinking ahead.
“I would...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — One was a college kid playing the Valspar Championship on a sponsor's exemption. Two were PGA Tour rookies.
They were joined on the back nine at Innisbrook by a tour veteran who already has played in a Ryder Cup and a Presidents...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title and continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals by extending her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova.
She struggled with a hacking cough, she was sick, and she...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods faced dozens of reporters and cameras, a big gathering in a crowded section outside the clubhouse at the TPC Scottsdale. Just then, Jordan Spieth walked on a path above the staging area and smiled when he saw the...

Varvara Lepchenko played her third-round match at the Australian Open on the big stage.
Like the top-ranked men's and women's players — Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, she played her third-round match on Saturday in Rod Laver Arena.
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— Roger Federer is out of the Australian Open, his chances of reaching a 12th consecutive semifinal at Melbourne Park erased in a shocking third-round loss to Andreas Seppi on Friday.
Rafael Nadal is still in contention, rebounding from his five-set,...

Varvara Lepchenko's strong start to the 2015 tennis season continues at the Australian Open.She made relatively quick work of Ajla Tomlajanovic in their second-round match played Thursday afternoon in Melbourne. Lepchenko, the resident of Upper...

Varvara Lepchenko considers the Lehigh Valley her home but she continues to feel very comfortable in the Land Down Under.Coming off one of the most successful tournaments of her 14-year professional career, Lepchenko won a first-round match Tuesday at the...

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After a year which featured eight Grand Slam singles champions, there's been plenty of talk ahead of the Australian Open about the new guard vs. the old guard in both men's and women's tennis. The champions recently have been, well, just different.
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